P. v. Vega CA5
n August 22, 2014, after a jury trial, defendant Victor Vega was found guilty of
attempted murder (Pen. Code,1 §§ 664, 187, subd. (a); count 1) and assault with a deadly
weapon (§ 245, subd. (a)(1); count 2). The jury found true allegations in both counts that
defendant committed his offenses for the benefit of a criminal street gang (§ 186.22,
subd. (b)(1)) and caused great bodily injury to the victim (§ 12022.7, subd. (a)). In count
1, the jury found true an allegation defendant premeditated killing the victim willfully
and deliberately (§ 189), and personally used a weapon (§ 12022, subd. (b)(1)).
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